Waltham Park Road-Hagley Park Road intersection to close this weekend

The Waltham Park Road-Hagley Park Road intersection in St Andrew will be closed to vehicular traffic this weekend.

The National Works Agency (NWA) has also indicated that during the closure there will be restrictions along roadways leading into the intersection.

According to the NWA, the intersection will close at 9 o’clock this evening and will reopen “early Monday to accommodate morning peak traffic.”

The agency says the closure is to facilitate the continuation of pipe-laying works under the Hagley Park Road Improvement project.

Communication and Customer Services Manager at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says the works include the connection of three separate water pipelines across the intersection, over a distance of 200 meters. 

HERE ARE THE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES PROPOSED BY THE NWA

For motorists travelling from Three Miles to Half Way Tree:

Gretna Green Avenue, Waltham Park Road and East Road to get onto Hagley Park Road via Omara Road, Carpenter Road or Elspeth Avenue. 

The reverse obtains for motorists travelling in the opposite direction.

For motorists travelling along Waltham Park Road from the direction of Chisholm Avenue towards Bay Farm Road:

East Road, Elspeth Avenue, Keesing Avenue and Elm Crescent to get back onto Waltham Park Road in the vicinity of the Bay Farm Road intersection.

The reverse obtains for motorists travelling in the opposite direction.

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